#4E4959#4E4959

#4E4959 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.027 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4959
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(259, 10%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 5.70, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 10.39, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.0133 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.027 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3272, 7.1060, 10.4348)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4959 #545949

analogous

#494C59 #4E4959 #564959

triadic

#4E4959 #594E49 #49594E

tetradic

#4E4959 #59494C #545949 #495956

square

#4E4959 #59494C #545949 #495956

split-complementary

#4E4959 #595649 #4C5949

monochromatic

#131216 #312D37 #4E4959 #6B657B #8A8399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E4959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4959

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4959	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.027 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b87',
    500: '#4e4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4959;
$custom-light: #7f7b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 9.877,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41635,
    "c": 0.02701,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4959

secondary

#828876

accent

#B375A0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4959

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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